Immigrants I have no problem with, it's the illegal part where people are purposefully circumventing the process where I have a problem. I may not agree with every law ever enacted but follow those laws and know full well if I ever break them there are consequences to pay, why should illegals expect to cross our borders and there be no consequence? Do you also believe that if I were to assault you I should receive no penalty?
Immigrants I have no problem with, it's the illegal part where people are purposefully circumventing the process where I have a problem. I may not agree with every law ever enacted but follow those laws and know full well if I ever break them there are consequences to pay, why should illegals expect to cross our borders and there be no consequence? Do you also believe that if I were to assault you I should receive no penalty?
Is it a personal experience? What's the problem? Why does it raise your gander?
I'm curious.
no problem with immigrants, as long as they're legal. but i think you forget that part
Is it a personal experience? What's the problem? Why does it raise your gander?
I'm curious.
I have GREAT personal experiences with immigrants from Latin America. The ones I have worked with have the kind of family values, self dependence, and responsibility that made the US great to start with. They're more American than "Americans" who sit around waiting on their gov't check and complain that if unemployment runs out they may have to take a lower paying job than they had before.
As others have said... I have a real problem with the "illegal" part. I also have a HUGE problem with those who cross over just to get on US social programs.
My solution is this:
1- Register those here illegally now and "legalize" them. However they should NOT be allowed citizenship without returning to their country of origin for 5 consecutive years. As an alternate plan, allow employers to sponsor illegals and educate them at company expense for citizenship. At a minimum, they should be functional in English and learn the US Constitution/history.
2- Set up an Ellis Island type of operation on the border and process those who want to become citizens through that one "port".
3- Put any employer or gov't worker who employs or gives benefits to illegal aliens... IN JAIL or issue huge fines. The reason people are careless about hiring them now is economics. It doesn't cost them anything.
Whoa!!! I meant illegal immigrants.
Why don't we freak out over every single law and law breaker?
I mean why is it illegal immigrants that we freak out about?
Why do they bother us so much?
Why this issue and not another issue? Why is it illegal immigration that stirs our angst so much?